I went to bed last night and these blues wouldn't let me rest I went to bed last night, these blues wouldn't let me rest 'Cause I ain't been used to sleeping by myself Oh blues, oh blues blues, don't you see? I say blues, oh blues blues, don't you see? You are carryin' me down blues, you're tryin' to kill for me Now, blues and trouble go hand in hand (have mercy) Blues and trouble go hand in hand I never had these blues until my best friend loved my man She may have loved him one time, but that's one man she sure can't hold She may have loved him one time, but that's one man she sure can't hold 'Cause its done been tested that I cook the best deli roll He puts his arms around me, like the ring around the good lord sun He puts his arms around me, like the ring around that good lord sun There he ain't had no woman to love me, lord, like I done